Chapter One: Q1) Ten words to describe Josephine Alibrandi are: Rebellious‚ Emotional‚ Intelligent‚ Mature‚ Embarrassed (by Nonna)‚ Self conscious‚ Sarcastic‚ Opinionated‚ Friendly and Observant. Q2) Josephine lives in a suburb called Glebe Q3) Josephine attends a school named St. Marthas. This school Is not Co-Ed and has nuns as teachers. It is full of rich‚ white kids. Q4) Her biggest problem is being stuck at a school full o rich kids with rich families. Q5) She is ‘illegitimate’ because
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Erik Erikson was a German developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychological development of human beings. Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of eight stages over the lifespan: Trust vs Mistrust‚ Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt‚ Initiative vs Guilt‚ Industry vs Inferiority‚ Identity vs Role Confusion‚ Intimacy vs Isolation‚ Generativity vs Stagnation and Ego Integrity vs Despair. Examples of these stages can be recognised in the film Looking For
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Everything and everyone changes. Some people adapt well to change‚ whilst others have trouble‚ wanting things to remain the same. Change can be confronting because no-one likes to be forced out of their comfortable habitat‚ but it can be rewarding. Change‚ and the way we adapt to it‚ can help us grow and mature‚ therefore helping us learn and improve ourselves. Miroslav Holub’s poem The Door’ focuses on embracing new perspectives and embracing change. The metaphor of opening the door suggests we
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Peer and family relationships help to change and shape both the identity of Josie and Amal from the novels Looking for Alibrandi and Does my head look big in this? Identity is who someone is and their characteristics. Everyone has an identity though finding that identity can be a challenge but something that has to be done. Identity often changes for the good and is necessary in life. Positive and negative relationships are a key to changing someones identity. Learning from negative relationship
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In the novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi‚ Josie must learn to deal with a whole range of issues. These include her cultural identity‚ her attitudes to her family and friends‚ meeting her father for the first time and her acceptance of her place in society. Each of these issues encourages and enables Josie to change and to understand her life and her role in her family and her community more positively. In the beginning of Looking for Alibrandi it is evident that Josie is conflicted about her heritage
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him‚ they got along really well and she liked having him around not only as a father figure but as well as a friend. "You were married. You slept with Marcus Sandford while you were a married woman." This is a quote from Josie when she and her nonna
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relationship between Josie and John changes in various ways at different stages. Through this relationship Josie discovers more about what is important in life and learns to accept herself for who she is. As years pass‚ she and Nonna develop a connection the leads to Nonna Katia revealing a big family secret that has a huge impact on the Alibrandi family’s name. John Barton’s family impacts him in a different way. He feels controlled and cannot express his own dreams and desires. John’s father‚ a very
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RITUALS‚ RULES‚ CULTURAL TRADITION " illegitimacy isn’t a big deal any more!" (p35) Jacob: " But what’s the big deal? Everyone has babies without being married these days. Everyone lives together and gets remarried." Josie: "We live in the same country but we’re different. What’s taboo for Italians isn’t taboo for Australians." (p152) " A daughter’s behaviour always reflects on how good a mother is." (p37) " you want to go out?" " You’d have to meet my mother." (p106) Tomato day National
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Nancy Tran www.boredofstudies.org LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI – QUOTES (1992 Puffin edition) “My mother was born here so as far as the Italians were concerned we weren’t completely one of them. Yet because my grandparents were born in Italy we weren’t completely Australian.” (p. 7) “It makes me feel I will never be a part of their society and I hate that because I’m just as smart as they are.” (p. 8) “The room isn’t like the living rooms of my parents… but I like it. Because my mother and I are
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after she had personal contact with him‚ she comes to realization that he wasn’t so bad after all. The relationship between the 3 generations was also a disaster. Josie was often irritated by her grandmother‚ Katia at the beginning of the story but as she journeys through and discovers the real Nonna with the great sacrifices she made for them‚ Josie learnt to respect her and at the same time changed her perspective about
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